Meaning
to refuse
- to refuse, reject
- to refuse to do something
- to deny, withhold
In a sentence
Ho rifiutato il caffè, ero già in ritardo.
I refused the coffee; I was already late.
Perché rifiuti sempre il mio aiuto?
Why do you always refuse my help?
Luca ha rifiutato di uscire stasera.
Luca refused to go out tonight.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rifiutare | infinitive |
| rifiutiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rifiuto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rifiutate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rifiuti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rifiutano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rifiuta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rifiutavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rifiutavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rifiutavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rifiutavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rifiutavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rifiutava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rifiutammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rifiutai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rifiutaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rifiutasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rifiutarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rifiutò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rifiuteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rifiuterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rifiuterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rifiuterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rifiuteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rifiuterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| rifiutiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rifiuti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| rifiutiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rifiuti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rifiutino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rifiuti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rifiutassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rifiutassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rifiutaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rifiutassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rifiutassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rifiutasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rifiuteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| rifiuterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| rifiutereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rifiuteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rifiuterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rifiuterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rifiutiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| rifiutate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| rifiuta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| rifiutando | gerund |
| rifiutato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use rifiutare for rejecting offers, requests, or proposals. For turning someone down romantically, rifiutare works, but respingere often sounds stronger.
- With infinitives, use di: rifiutare di fare qualcosa. English speakers often wrongly copy English patterns and omit di.
- For refusing a person entry or service, rifiutare can work, but negare or non accettare may sound more natural depending on context.